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Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has made it necessary and mandatory for all registered Nurses/Midwives to update their information within the shortest period of time possible (17th of July – 17th of October 2017),

After reading through the details and instructions you can CLICK HERE for the link to fill the form

Professional Update Form (PUF) For Registered Nurses and Midwives

Instructions

All categories of Nurses/Midwives are to complete and submit their online Professional Update Form(PUF)

Only one form should be completed by an individual Nurse/Midwife. Multiple forms are not allowed

Names must be in FULL

All Information Provided MUST be accurate.

All registered Nurses/Midwives must provide registration number(s) for all professional qualification(s) registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria

Registration number(s) MUST be alphanumeric while entering the data e.g. RN1234 or RM1234 (no dot, no space).

All registered Nurses/Midwives must provide their PIN as it appears on their licence except for Basic Midwives and Psychiatric Nurses with single professional qualification only.

Employment record must be current and accurate.

It would be assumed that Nurses/Midwives who do not complete this form are not registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

The Professional Update Form(PUF) will be available from the 17th of July – 17th of October 2017.

1. What is PUF?
PUF means online Professional Update Form (PUF) For Registered Nurses and Midwives
2. Why is Council doing PUF?
This is to establish an electronic database of all records of Nurses and Midwives registered in Nigeria and to facilitate the commencement of online renewal of license

3. Who are the people to complete the form?
All categories of Nurses/Midwives are to complete and submit their online Professional Update Form(PUF)

4. How many form am I expected to complete?
Only one form should be completed by an individual Nurse/Midwife. Multiple forms are not allowed

6. What size of passport photograph is required?
Passport Photo Not More Than 20kb, width: 130px, height: 182px and on Jpeg Format Only are required.
7. Do I need to attach my scanned certificates to the application?
No.

8. Where do I get my Personal Identification Number (PIN)?
All registered Nurses/Midwives must provide their PIN as it appears on their licence except for Basic Midwives and Psychiatric Nurses with single professional qualification only.

9. Do I need my nursing or midwifery registration number to complete this application?
Yes. All registered Nurses/Midwives must provide registration number(s) for all professional qualification(s) registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. Registration number(s) MUST be alphanumeric while entering the data e.g. RN1234 or RM1234 (no dot, no space, no symbols such as -)?,#~(!-_/><@ ). Only the number is expected to be inserted.

10. What happens if I choose not to complete the form?
It would be assumed that Nurses/Midwives who do not complete this form are not registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria

11. For how long will this application be available online?
The Professional Update Form (PUF) will be available from the 17th of July – 17th of October 2017.

12. My License is expired. Can I still complete the PUF form?
Yes. All categories of Nurses/Midwives are to complete and submit their online Professional Update Form (PUF)

13. How secure is the Council’s portal?
The NMCN portal is secured and contained required security protections in line with best global practices. This portal has been in use by Council since 2012 till date.

14. Are Nurses and Midwives who registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria but are outside the Country affected too?
Yes. All Nurses and Midwives anywhere in the world who registered with NMCN are to complete PUF application online.

The day 2 of the NMCN Desk officers training commenced yesterday. A major highlight was the focus on the PUF also called the Professional Update Form. It is the brainchild of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Of Nigeria. The PUF was born as the Nmcn wanted to capture all nurses and midwives in Nigeria and have easy access to demographic data of nurses in our various states, zones and even outside the country. The councils representative who spoke at the event said that though they have the register for every nurse on record the council still needs to get the details of all current and active nurses.

Completing The Professional Update Form For Nurses
1. When you want to fill yours ensure you read the instructions in red, this would show you some important points to note before you start up.
2. Once there's a contradicting info between what you filled and what the NMCN has on their register, just like indexing, examination and registration applications, your PUF application can be rejected and returned to you to update and make corrections as needed.
3. A mail would be sent and/or text to inform you on the status of your PUF application.

On Making Errors and Editting Submitted Forms
1. The PUF is a one way direct form, this means that once submitted, you can not have any access to it again to edit.
2. If you need to edit anything on your PUF, you will have to send a mail to any of these email addresses below, State the problem and what you need to be added, the IT personel of the NMCN would add it up for you. NOTE, this is the arrangement on ground now till further deliberation and approval to grant applicants access to their forms for editing

All Nurses are advised not to call Mr Filade but instead send mails to the above email addresses. Same applies to any and all challenges or issues regarding the NMCN

This short video was created to assist nurses whom are having difficulty filling this form. Its pretty easy to fill and you dont need to pay someone to have them fill it on your behalf.

On Status Of Retired Nurses
The PUF also applies to all retired nurses in and outside the country, but they should pick "unemployed" when they get to section for employment.

On BNSc Not Found In The Form
The NMCN does not have an interest if a Nurse graduated from a university or from a school of nursing, that is a reason why the "BNSc" is not captured on PUF as the body (NMCN) is only interested in certificates issued by them to you for practice which include: Basic and All Post Basic certificates for qualifications

Adding all Qualifications on the form
If you have more than one (ie double, triple, etc qualified) please ensure you do add them all.

Nursing License And PIN
If your license doesn't come with a PIN or If the number on your license is not going through, you should try the number on your notification letter

NOTE:
The council advices all desk officers to design a form that looks like the PUF and send to areas where there is no internet access available to nurses. That way everyone will fill in details and someone can be mandated, mobilized to go to an area where coverage is to have it done on everyone's behalf such as was done in crisis prone areas like Bornu state and others.

Also All nurses must complete PUF before 31, Oct 2017 as License renewal, operation show your license depends on doing this.